Why Use a Blog? To share news and ideas from your classroom with other people. In Art, the work they created can be displayed and viewed plus share upcoming news or events. Blogs allow wired individuals to share multimedia creations, as well to hold conversations about their works and processes.
Blogs and Wikis that are Student Centered
Sign up for a blogger account.
Sign up for a twitter account - follow "room24" and "jefflewis".
Sign up for a wikispaces account.
Blogs
Searching for blogs
Technorati.com
Blogsearch.google.com
Who's Blogging?
Will Richardson look at his list (wiki) of ed blogs.
Global Learners
Room 24
Kelly Schwichtenberg's First Graders
Tonia Johnson - ACHS teacher, with links to her website and class blogs.
Ms. Springer's Blog
Artist Life - Homz - Homer Lord's Blog, Lester Arnold Art Teacher
Central's Music BlogBonnie Van Roekel
http://techserv-jswerdlin.blogspot.com/ Adams 14 Technology Services
Internet Safety
Sample Blogging Letter - From Budtheteacher, who teaches at Arapahoe High School.
Why Use a Blog? To share news and ideas from your classroom with other people. In Art, the work they created can be displayed and viewed plus share upcoming news or events. Blogs allow wired individuals to share multimedia creations, as well to hold conversations about their works and processes.
Twitter
Student Twitters His Way Out of Jail
Yes Twitter Users, We Know, Amazon is Down
Wikis
Ms. Schwichtenberg's First Grade Class Wiki
Room 24 - a portal for reading resources and a wiki to create shared writing.
Poetry in Room 21 - a wiki for sharing poetry.
Horace Mann State Project - a wiki to organize a state project for fourth graders in Wisconsin.
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